A fine man and an excellent clarinetist.

Last Saturday I watched the Lawrence Welk Show that featured a 1980's Christmas special with Mr. Cuesta playing an instrumental with his son (Henry Jr.) and two daughters. The host, Sandy Griffiths, mentioned that Henry Jr. was later killed in a burgulary.

I got introduced to the LW show in the 1950's because my grandmother watched it every Saturday night, the time of family get-to-gathers. I did not admit to watching and actually liking the show then or especially later as a teenager. Heck, even Marty Robbins was featured in black and white during the '50s. However, as a senior 50s something guy, I enjoy watching the reruns and the older current hosts remarking on "the way things were" when they were younger performers on the show. The program is a snapshot in musical time and brings back fond memories of places and people.

The "In Memoriam" list grows and I am feeling a bit older and mortal.